An amiable diversion, though not a terribly memorable one. Elmore Leonard aficionados longing for a truly worthy sendoff of the master crime writer will have to look ahead toward the upcoming final season of Justified, and cross their fingers.
Life of Crime
Right target. Wrong woman.
2013 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Daniel Schechter
Overview
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Director and cast
- Daniel Schechter Director
- Jennifer Aniston as Mickey Dawson
- John Hawkes as Louis Gara
- Yasiin Bey as Ordell Robbie
- Isla Fisher as Melanie Ralston
- Will Forte as Marshall Taylor
- Tim Robbins as Frank Dawson
- Mark Boone Junior as Richard
- Kevin Cannon as Bandleader
- Julie E. Davis as Parent at tennis match
- Seana Kofoed as Kay
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
It doesn't quite transcend its own haphazard, impoverished story.
Thanks to Leonard's source material and the outstanding cast, it works.
All this is more amusing in theory than practice, partly because Leonard's world of wiseguys and slapstick violence has become so familiar - the caper-movie default mode.
There's a lot of talent up on screen put to no grand use.
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